Are Slave-Labour Products increasing?

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Title

Are Slave-Labour Products increasing?

Subject

Agricultural goods produced by slave labour

Description

Article discussing the relative levels of production of cotton, sugar and other products, comparing slave labour with that of 'free men', and also considering the emancipation of serfs in Russia alongside British and French emancipation of slaves in colonial plantations.
Although the author is not named the Illustrated London News is known to have taken a consistently abolitionist stance.

Creator

Anonymous author

Source

Illustrated London News, 24 July 1858: 89

Publisher

Lancaster University

Date

1858

Contributor

Coverage

Nineteenth century

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Original Format

Article published in newspaper

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Citation

Anonymous author, “Are Slave-Labour Products increasing?,” Local History Resources for Schools, accessed March 29, 2024, https://regionalheritage.omeka.net/items/show/24.